TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.

PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune. The plague today . . . is merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness.

IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions.